Preparing for Church

1835

Édouard Frère

Painter, French, 1819 - 1886

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Taylor Johnston [1820-1893], New York; (his sale, by Samuel P. Avery, Chickering Hall, New York, 19, 20, and 22 December 1876, no. 159); purchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1952

  • Tribute to W. W. Corcoran, George Washington University, Washington, 4-31 October 1952, no. 3.

1971

  • Loan to display at the Renwick Gallery, National Collection of Fine Arts (now Smithsonian American Art Museum), Washington, 1971-at least 1978.

1980

  • The Realist Tradition: French Painting and Drawing, 1830-1900, Cleveland Museum of Art; Brooklyn Museum; St. Louis Art Museum; Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum, Kelvingrove, Scotland, 11 November 1980 - 4 January 1982, no. 64.

1983

  • La Vie Moderne: Nineteenth Century French Art from the Corcoran Gallery, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Columbus Museum of Arts and Sciences, Georgia; Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Tampa Museum; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha; Akron Art Museum, 1983-1985, no. 15, repro.

Inscriptions

lower left: Ed. Frère 18[35?]

Wikidata ID

Q46627093

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